Asian-style pork belly with plum sauce

Name: Asian-style pork belly with plum sauce | Asda Good Living
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1tbsp clear honey; 1tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce; 1tbsp rice vinegar; 1tbsp Chinese five spice powder; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2cm piece ginger, grated; 1tbsp sesame seeds; 750g pork belly slices; 400g plums, destoned and chopped; 200g jasmine rice; 85g watercress; 2 spring onions, shredded; 1 red chilli (optional), sliced

The fruity sauce cuts through the richness of the meat in this classic flavour combo

By Asda Good Living,28th January 2019

(12 votes)

Cook: 2 Hours 30 Mins

Serves: 4

Price: £1.52 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 446g serving contains

Energy
3189kj
763kcal

38%

Fat
36.1g

High
52%

Saturates
11.6g

Med
58%

Sugars
20.5g

High
23%

Salt
0.76g

Med
13%

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
715kj/171kcal

Ingredients

1tbsp clear honey

1tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce

1tbsp rice vinegar

1tbsp Chinese five spice powder

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2cm piece ginger, grated

1tbsp sesame seeds

750g pork belly slices

400g plums, destoned and chopped

200g jasmine rice

85g watercress

2 spring onions, shredded

1 red chilli (optional), sliced

Method

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.

Whisk together the honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, five spice, garlic, ginger and half of the sesame seeds.

Coat the pork belly slices and the plums in the marinade and place on a baking tray with about 75ml water. Cover with foil and roast for 1hr. Uncover, baste and cook for another 50-60 mins, basting after 30 mins.

Cook the rice according to the pack instructions.

Divide the pork and plums between 4 plates, and drizzle over the juices. Serve with the rice and watercress, sprinkled with the spring onion, red chilli if using and the remaining sesame seeds.